Unknown Knight

Kudan City, the main hall of the city lord's mansion.

Aix, sitting on the city lord's seat, frowned and looked at Katia who was tied up below.

There was a red and swollen handprint on each of the woman's cheeks. Those were the first slaps that Axel gave her when he chased her to the riverside dock. However, it seemed that the two slaps were too heavy. Not only did the results immediately show on the woman's face, but they also made her stupid. She hugged his legs and kept calling Axel her husband. It was as if she was a crazy nymphomaniac and was about to pounce on him on the spot.

This made Axe look humiliated. Although he was still very angry, he couldn't beat her up in front of everyone. He could only kick her away, have someone tie her up, and take her back first.

In fact, it is no wonder that Katia collapsed. She was born a noble and has always had a high opinion of herself. She has been flattered and admired by people around her since she was a child, especially after she became an adult, she was hailed as "the most beautiful woman in Kudan City". She also made full use of her own advantages and got along well in the aristocratic circle. No matter how difficult the task was, she only had to lift the hem of her skirt and there would be a group of admirers to serve her.

But she suffered a setback for the first time in Aix. In order to win over Aix, she used all the means she had, but what she got in the end was Aix's disgust, disgust from the bottom of his heart.

She was unwilling to give up. As cruel as her father Voldrat, she decided to destroy it if she couldn't get it. She even killed Aix without mercy. However, she failed to win by one move and ended up uprooting her entire family. She lost everything overnight.

Just when she was lamenting the impermanence of the world and thinking that her life was hopeless, fate favored her again. First, Aix was retaliated by the religion she believed in, and was hit on the head with a brick and became stupid. Not long after, it was heard that Aix disappeared in the Desert of Death.

Then her chance of success came. A group of nobles in the country, led by King Yarogerk, expressed their support for her and soon sent troops to Kudan City. Although they ultimately failed to help her regain her family's original fiefdom, they forced the territory to cede Tismo County as her fiefdom and recognized her son, Little Moros, as the first heir.

If it weren't for that bitch Tsuna who was so capable that she managed to stabilize the situation in the territory, if it were someone with less ability, she would have probably taken back the family's old territory long ago.

But it didn't matter. With the help of the Dark Cult, which secretly supported her, spies who had sneaked into the City Lord's Mansion put a chronic poison in Gangde's food, and unknowingly determined the life and death of this woman. Once Gangde died of the poison, she would rightfully become the controller of the entire territory.

Just when she was full of confidence and waiting to pick the fruits, the news came back that Aix was still alive. This lowly merchant was like an immortal cockroach, which disgusted her and frightened her. Fortunately, the Tismo County under her control was on the way that the messenger had to pass. She intercepted and killed the two waves of messengers sent by Aix, so that Kudan City did not get the news that Aix was about to return.

Under pressure, she decided to strike first and planned and organized the assassination of Tsunayoshi a few days ago. Although the people she sent did not kill Tsunayoshi on the spot, she died within a few days due to the combined effects of the chronic poison and the injuries.

Katia knew that Aix was about to return and she didn't have much time left, so after receiving the news that Tsuna had died of poison, she did not take the trouble to verify the authenticity of the news, and took the risk of leading troops to seize power today.

It's not Katia's fault for being reckless. The information conveyed by this spy has always been reliable, which in a sense has made her path dependent. Moreover, under the pressure of Aix's imminent return, she had no better way for the time being. She had to grasp at straws and choose to believe the information revealed to her by Aix after carefully packaging it. In the end, she came to go all in with all the strength she could muster, but ended up running headfirst into Aix's encirclement.

In fact, these were not the reasons for Katia's final collapse. She had lost everything before, and this time she just lost it again. Her identity was very useful to King Yarogelk, to the ambitious nobles in the country, and to Moros, the leader of the Dark Cult. As long as she could escape alive, she would get the support of these forces, and it would be possible for her to make a comeback with their help, and it would be possible for her to realize her revenge on Aix.

However, when she had this idea and thought that she could just run to the riverside pier and take a boat across the river to escape, Aix once again predicted her prediction. There was not even a piece of wood on the riverside pier.

What made Katia collapse the most was Rolf, the man she had sacrificed her body for in order to win over. This despicable and dirty robber made her despise him from the bottom of her heart. In her eyes, she had always used Rolf as a chess piece, but this robber abandoned her without hesitation at the most critical moment.

At that time, Katia's heart was as cold as death, and all her pride vanished in an instant. She once thought that with her charm, she could firmly control Rolf and make him work for her wholeheartedly. But now it seems that it was just her wishful illusion, and her efforts and dedication seemed so stupid and ridiculous.

Noble bloodline, the most beautiful woman in Kudan City, are all just empty illusions. She is the chess piece, the chess piece that can be ruthlessly abandoned at any time.

When Axe's two hateful mouthfuls hit her awake, she completely gave up all her obsessions. The high-pressure dam in her heart completely collapsed. Like a patient with severe Stockholm syndrome, she crawled at Axe's feet, licking his feet desperately, longing for Axe to ravage her and torture her. It seemed that only this could fill her desperate and empty heart. She was crazy!

Faced with such a woman, who was once his wife, Axel was helpless. He originally wanted to torture her severely and then kill her. This vicious woman almost made him lose the love of his life and even nearly destroyed his family. But seeing her collapse now, he felt very bored and didn't want to kill her again.

Looking around at his four wives, Tsundere, Cress, Sophia, and Berry, who were standing on both sides of his seat, Axe finally reached out his hand to Tsundere, the biggest victim in the family.

What he touched was Tsunade's cold little hand. Although her little hand was not as tender as spring onions, it was warm to the touch. Now it was so cold, which showed that she was weak.

Although Nana's magic weapon is known as a divine weapon, it is not a true magic weapon and cannot cure all diseases. It only eliminates most of the toxins in her body and cures internal and external injuries. However, the damage to her internal organs caused by the poisoning and the weakness caused by the injuries cannot be restored to their original state. She can only regulate her body slowly through the treatment course formulated by Nana.

Looking at Tsundere's thin face, Aix couldn't help but twitch in his heart. He pulled her into his arms distressedly, put his cheek against her cold face, and said to her gently:

"I'm going to skin this bitch alive, or I'll never be able to get rid of the hatred in my heart!"